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O'Boyle WOWS 'emat
Midland Short Track
By Grace DiBenedetto
Photo by Gordon DeVries
(Above) Glen O'Boyle (8Z) won a th riller In the Senior class over Mark Froe lich (90) and
Skip Wertz (95) at the Polka Dots TT. (Below) Vince Giusti proved to be fas t, winning the
125cc Band Collegeboy classes at th e Pagoda MX In Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.
M LAND, ML JUNE 5
ID
Glen O'Boyle put a few more gray hairs un der
the helm et s of the 40 and ov er Senior rid er s
whe n he grabbed the checkered flag at the end
of a heart -stopp ing eigh t-lap race for the win at
the Midla nd sho rt track.
The action remained fast from the heat races
to the final, whic h bega n at the green light with
a cavalry charge of 12 riders jockeying for a clear
shot at the backstretch. Before da ylight could be
seen, the red flag flew when Jack Mayer Sr. and
Bill Leach collided out of tum two . The Yamaha
rid ers bru shed off the incide n t, an d the dust,
wit h Leach taking the allotted two minutes to
get his bike in better running condi tion.
O n th e resta rt it wa s Mark Froe lich, Don
Ban nerman , O'Boyle, Pat May, John Zwerican
an d Sk ip Wertz in perfect sy nc off the line.
O'Bo yle came in between rid ers and int o the
lead as they cleared tum two, then jammed his
th ro t tl e wi de o pen and h eld o n fo r a rid e.
Froelich, Bannerma n and Wertz each moved in
for t he challenge, battling each ot he r fo r a
chance at the Riverside Ser vice H onda rid er.
Froelich gained the adv an tage in lap three, but a
handleba r- to-h and leb ar dra g race down the
back stretch pu t O'Boyle back on point. Bannerman and Wertz attached themsel ves at the cases
behind Froelich and did n' t sep ara te till lap five
when Wertz placed his Triumph a length ahead
of the Rotax rider.
There was a slight gap between the top fou r
riders and the rest, with a separate race for fifth
place going stro ng behind the leaders involving
Mike Fink, Zwerican and May. On lap six, the
three-way battle was red uced to a du el w he n
May got too sideways to save it. Fink and Zw erica n fo'u gh t till the whi te flag , then Fin k took
over and Zwerica n dropped back. The chase for
Froelich, Wertz a nd Bannerman also came to an
end as O'Boyle led them across the finish line to
score the win.
Results
SO: I. Loga n Mey e n (Ya m ); 2. Philip Anth on y (Ya m) ; 3.
Camr ML
'Yer5 (Yam); 4. Brent Dawe (Yam ): 5. Rya n Uoyd (ya m ).
65: I. Hen ry Wile& (Ka w l: 2. Tom link (Kaw); 3. Jus t in
Humphries (Ka w) ; 4. Ph ilip Anthony (Han); 5. Dou g Lawrence
(Kaw ).
85: 1. Hl."n ry Wi les (Ka w) ; 2. Brett Pankey (Ka w ); 3. Ma tt
Ragen (Suz); 4. Scon JL'IlSl"I'l (Kaw ); 5. Bill Humphries (lGtw).
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200: I. Dan Kauffmiln (Kaw); 2. Jus tin Gibson (Hon) ; 3. Bran ·
don Rose (Kaw ); 4. Bmt Pankey (1